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MARITIME DAY CELEBRATION

LAST SEPTEMBER 27 MARKED THE FORMAL BEGINNING OF ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY ANTICIPATED PROGRAMS OF VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE & TRAINING CENTERS INC. A LIVELY THOROUGHFARE THAT SET BRAINS AGAINST BRAWN IN A CLASH OF SHEER MACHISMO AND MAGNETIC INTELLIGENCE , THE FESTIVITIES UNDERSCORED THE CONVERGENCE OF TALENT, WIT, CHARM, INGENUITY AND ABOVE ALL THE WINSOME “ESPRIT D’ CORPS’ OF VMA AS ONE OF BACOLOD’S PRIME MARITIME AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS JOSTLED AND OUTMANEUVERED EACH OTHER IN VARIOUS EVENTS AS THEY SHOWCASED THEIR INBORN CHARISMA, PRODIGIOUS TALENT AND MENTAL ACUITY IN EVERY COMPETITION THEY ENTERED. SUCH AS THE MUCH HYPED “GINOONG MARINO”, THAT UPON FIRST LOOK SEEMS TO BE ANOTHER GENERIC ATTEMPT...

Celebration of its annual Sports fest 2017

Once again, the main campus of VMA Global College and Training Centers will have a festive atmosphere for 3 days from August 29 to August 31, 2017, for the celebration of its annual Sports fest 2017, dubbed VMA: Fostering Discipline and Excellence.
The primary aim of the 3 days festivity is to harness and showcase the students literary and athletic talents and abilities in a spirit of sportsmanship, friendship and camaraderie.
One of the major events of the celebration is the Mister and Miss VMA Pageant which will be kicked- off by a cultural and talent show open to the public at 888 Premier, here in Bacolod on August 22, 2017 , starting 2 p.m. *jgmacaranas

K line Scholarship Department!!

Certified Secure Computer User Training and Certification

Five information technology employees of VMA Global College and Training Center's Inc., who joined in a Computer Training and Certification Sponsored by the Negros Island Region office of the Information and Communication Technology Department and an Association of Call Center operators of Negros Occidental, obtained high certification ratings.

Agustin Gumogda, Kemp Lumangyao, Ronald Cuer, Shadrock Villegas and Hubert Jay Lisas, all employed as the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology program instructors and staff of VMAGTCI, participated in the EC Council's Certified Secure Computer User v2 Training on June 30 and July 1, 2017, that was capped by a certification examination, that is internationally recognized.

TOURISM DAY CELEBRATION

A GLOBAL EVENT AT A TRULY GLOBAL INSTITUTION

TOURISM DAY 2016 HELD LAST SEPTEMBER 26 AT VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE & TRAINING CENTERS INC.’S EXPANSIVE GYMNASIUM AND EVENTS CENTER ,PROMISED AND ATTESTED TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL UNDERTAKING THAT MADE GOOD ITS PLEDGE FOR A GENUINE MULTICULTURAL FEST.
THE PROGRAM STARTED OFF AUSPICIOUSLY WITH A WARMHEARTED OPENING SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE INSTITUTION’S CORPORATE TRAILBLAZER, LEADER AND HELMSMAN THE ILLUSTRIOUS ATTY. JUAN S. OROLA JR. AS HE IMPLORED BOTH FACULTY, STUDENTS AND STAFF TO STRIVE FOR PERFECTION AND REACH FOR THEIR GOLD STANDARD IN EVERY ENDEAVOR THEY CHOOSE. NEXT WAS A ROUSING TALK CONVEYED BY ONE OF THE INSTITUTE’S MAJOR INSTRUCTORS MS. ROSE ANN ALBURO AS SHE PROVIDED KEY...

Culmination Activity of their Foreign Language (FORLAN) class.

VMA students celebrated their successful learning of Japanese language and culture
Close to 600 Marine Education students of VMA Global College and Training Centers (VMAGCTC) attended a Culmination Activity of their Foreign Language (FORLAN) class.
Some 560 second year students enrolled in Third Year of Bachelor of Science (BS) in Marine Transportation and in Second Year of BS in Marine Engineering gathered at Kaiseh Restaurant, a popular Japanese restaurant in Bacolod City, to celebrate their successful completion of their study of the Japanese language and culture under the tutelage of Mr. Arnel Ginete.
VMAGCTC students are given education in Japanese language and culture to make them competitive in the global labor market, especially in Japanese marine vessels and...

MSAP EXAMINATION 2017 WITH Top 80 Deck Cadets and Top 60 Engine Cadets

1. What is MSAP?
The Maritime School Assessment Program (MSAP) is a nationwide standard academic assessment test for regular second year students taking up Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation (BSMT) or Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering (BSMarE).
The program is wholly supported by the International Mariners Management Association of Japan (IMMAJ) in Tokyo, Japan and is implemented by the Manila-based Philippine-Japan Manning Consultative Council, Inc. (PJMCCC). IMMAJ is an association of 96 Japanese ship owners. It counts among its members some of the largest shipping companies in the world such as Mitsui-OSK Lines, NYK Lines and K-line. IMMAJ employs up to 30,000 Filipino seafarers at any one time. PJMCC is the association of 65 Filipino manning companies...

Ground Breaking Library & High School Building

The VMA Global College and Training Centers Inc. held the blessing and groundbreaking of its P50-million state-of-the-art facilities, Friday, in their campus in Bgry. Sum-ag, Bacolod City.

Blessed and opened were the P20 million simulator, reportedly the first in the Negros Island Region, and its building that looks like a ship, and the groundbreaking of the school's P30 million ASEAN Learning Center.

VMA president , John Orola, said the simulator ushers the students to a new technology in the area of maritime studies. Students will now have a realistic encounter in terms of ship's function most especially on maneuvering it, he added.

The simulator building contains five stations each with the latest software technology. “We are steering the...

44th ZFoundation Week 2016

Australia SCEA students warmly received by Mayor Leonardia at the Government Center

Fifty-seven (57) senior high school students from Perth, Australia paid a courtesy school to City Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia at the Bacolod Ctiy Government Center (BCGC) recently.

Mayor Leonardia warmly received the students of Ellen Brook Christian School, Southern Hills Christian School and Swan Christian School, all belonging to SCEA (Swan Christian Education Association, which based in Perth, Western Australia.

AUSSIES @ VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE & TRAINING CENTERS

Fifty Seven (57) students from Ellen Brook Christian School, Southern Hills Christian School and Swan Christian School, all belonging to the Swan Christian Education Association (SCEA) based in Perth, Western Australia, visited VMA Global College and Training Centers, recently.
For three (3) years in a row , SCEA sends some of its Senior High School Students to Negros Occidental and the City of Bacolod to expose them to other cultures and to give them opportunities to render Christian acts of generosity to communities which are beneficiaries of SCEA’s social development projects in the Province and the City.
VMA President Atty.John N. Orola , Jr. the President of VMA Global College and Training Centers with the Chairman, Dr. Elizabeth O. Salabas , led the VMA Global College...

A Course Laboratory Project by VMA’s Hotel and Restaurant Management Students turns a Dream Wedding into a Reality

A Course Laboratory Project by VMA’s Hotel and Restaurant Management Students turns a Dream Wedding into a Reality

A team of fourth year Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) students from VMA Global College endeavored to comply with their most recently assigned college project of their applied extensive knowledge and innovative expertise of Hospitality and Events Management to transform a local Negrense couple’s modest nuptial into a vision of Pure Marital Bliss. The recipients of their boundless efforts were none other than VMA Cheer Leader Trainer John Oliver Orgil and his better half a certain Miss Mary Jean Mallorca.

In concurrence with the requirements of their Laboratory Class, the Bachelors of Science in HRM students planned,...

Anchor Campus Journalist Team

Several VMA high school students reaped medals on a city-wide press conference tilt

Eight high school students of VMA Global College, all members of its The Anchor Campus Journalist Team, garnered medals during the recently concluded Individual Writing Contest of the Bacolod City Division Schools Press Conference held on October 8 and 9, at ETCS II and Rizal Elementary School.

Budgeting Scholarship Program of PESO

Thirty Nine (39) beneficiaries of Bottom Up Budgeting Scholarship Program of PESO ESCALANTE CITY , received a Certificate of Competency in Hot Meals, leading to Cookery NCII, during a graduation ceremony recenty held at the City of Escalante.

VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE AND TRAINING CENTERS, INC. TESDA Training Provider together with the PESO Escalante , certified the 39 BUB scholars of Hon. Eddie Montero, Mayor of Escalante for completing the 26 days of Training on the preparation and cooking of Hot Meals, leading to Cookery NCII.

This is a Bottom Up Budgeting Scholarship Program of the government intended for the youth who were not able to pursue their college due to scarcity of funds , family problems, drug addiction, among others .

PHILIPPINE LIBRARIAN ASSOCIATION , INC (PLAI) Seminar

VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE AND TRAINING CENTERS, INC AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF BACOLOD Join the PHILIPPINE LIBRARIAN ASSOCIATION , INC (PLAI) Seminar @ The Silliman University, Dumaguete City , on October 24, 2016.

DepEd to re-open application for Senior HS Voucher Program

The Department of Education through the Private Education Assistance Committee (PEAC) will be re-opening the application for the Senior High School (SHS) Voucher Program next week.

The SHS Voucher Program is intended for completers of Grade 10 who would like to pursue SHS education in private schools, private universities and colleges, local or state universities and colleges offering SHS and technical and vocational institutions offering SHS starting School Year 2016-2017. It provides students with a subsidy that enables them to get a discount on the cost of tuition and other school fees for SHS.

To date, more than 50,000 non-ESC private school grade 10 completers have been awarded vouchers. All public school Grade 10 completers and all private school...

A JOB FAIR WHICH GOES BEYOND THE ORDINARY

A homegrown college is going to hold a one of its kind One-Stop-Shop Job Fair which brings together job seekers and participants on one venue which also give them access to front-line services of government agencies engaged in issuance of employee’s identification numbers, employment clearances, scholarships and micro entrepreneurship development. The unique job fair will be on April 19, 2016 at The Robinson’s Place, from 9:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon

VMA Global College and Training Centers, a Multi-awarded learning institution, has come out with a new strategy of making quality education relevant to the needs of society.

During the job fair, job seekers will meet employers looking for employees to hire. At the same time, they will be able to gain access to desks of NBI,...

Top 18 Maritime Schools In The Philippines For 2015

Does your school belongs to the top maritime schools in the Philippines? Being on the top will certainly provide boost on your career and an additional bragging rights.

FindUniversity.ph conducted the first ranking of Philippine universities based on relevant, up-to-date, and measurable data. In their 2015 ranking of Philippine maritime schools, they based it on aggregated passing rates of each school in all maritime board exams that their graduates participated in.

Vin d’ Honneur tribute for VMA graduates Batch 2016

Visayan Maritime Academy Global College students, for the first time, romped in red carpet for the gala night dubbed, Vin d’ Honneur, at the SMX Hall of SM City last March 4, 2016 as a tribute by the college to the 658 graduating Maritime and Non-Maritime class.

Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International 2015 Leren Mae Bautista graced the occasion with the college administration led by its president Atty. John N. Orola, Jr., Dr. Carlitos N. Orola, & Engr. Bartolome N. Orola, .

VMA inks MOA in ceremony with Japan-based foundation

The Visayan Maritime Global College together with the City Government of Bago signed a Memorandum of Agreement yesterday with Asunaro Foundation for the construction of a 125-square- meter playground inside the Bantayan Park, a public place developed by the city for its tourism promotion.

Atty. John Orola, Jr., the college president, Mayor Ramon Torres, and architect Yuusuke Karasawa signed the said MOA followed with the groundbreaking ceremony and laying of capsule for the Bantayan Park Center ( BPC) the newest tourist destination for local tourists in Negros Island. City officials led by Vice Mayor Nicholas Yulo, and the various sectors witnessed the ceremony.

VMA: A pillar for NIR Maritime Industry

One of four seafarers is a Filipino which the VMA Global College is one big contributor to the Philippine’s maritime industry, thus it is indeed the college has become a pillar for nation building especially in Negros Island Region. This, as stated by Angkla Partylist Rep. Jesulito A. Manalo during an inauguration of the newly-renovated Barangay Hall of Punta-taytay, on January 8, which was attended by the city officials led by Rep. Evelio Leonardia of the Lone District of Bacolod.

VMA has pioneered in providing maritime education in the island that already for four decades its graduates have brought back a lot of dollar remittances, obviously has contributed in the economic growth of Bacolod and Negros...

Leonardia’s and Orola’s tandem brought Direct International Flights to Bacolod-Silay airport boosting Local Tourism. While most of the Bacoleños was asleep at night during the Christmas eve, two of his prominent sons were up and around at the Bacolod-Silay airport welcoming foreign visitors who flew in directly from their country aboard a chartered flight

Bacolod City Congressman Atty. Evelio Leonardia and Region 6 Tourism Council Chairman Atty. John Orola received 194 South Koreans whose chartered flight from INCHEON airport touched down at the...

VMA Global College turns 43

Nowadays, there is a festive mood at the VMA Global College starting yesterday as it celebrates its 43rd Foundation Day, anchored on the theme VMA @ 43: Developing Skills, Brings Us to the Level of Global Standards, for five (5) days.

The festivities kicked off yesterday with a mass at VMA’s gymnasium followed by an outreach program by its high school department. In early evening, there were lighting of christmas tree, a zumba dance and then a color splash.

Today, there will be skills olympic of BTED students, cookfest of high school students, interbarkada basketball, clash of clans among faculty and staff, and a fashion show of BSTM students.

GOV. MARAÑON SIGNS MOA FOR MARITIME SCHOLARSHIP

Gov. Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. signed a Memorandum of Agreement with VMA Global College, Marlow Navigation Philippines, Inc. and 19 scholar-grantees in a simple ceremony held at VMA Global College in Bacolod City, yesterday. The project is a tripartite endeavor of the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental, VMA Global College and Marlow Navigation, Phils, Inc., adopting a study now, pay later scheme that benefits poor but deserving students. As stated in the MOA, the provincial government commits to pay the tuition and other school fees of the students, VMA shall provide the necessary educational inputs to the scholars, while Marlow Navigation...

TESDA Vocational Technical Courses

VMA Global College's K12 basic education has been given a go by the Department of Education.

Thus, VMAGC is now ready to accept, preparatory and elementary pupils as a complement to its high school program which includes senior high.

Families living in southern part of Bacolod City, especially those in barangays Sum-ag, Pahanocoy and Tangub, will have another reputable private school to send their children for their K12 basic education.

VMAGC also offers a wide array of TESDA vocational-technical courses, many of which are bridges to the college's professional education offerings in marine education, marine engineering, tourism, hotel & restaurant management, information...